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from August 12, 2013

Too Much Information is the sober hangover after the digital party has run out of memes, apps and schemes. Host Benjamen Walker finds out that, in a world where everyone overshares the truth 140 characters at a time, telling tales might be the most honest thing to do.

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August 12, 2013: The Date with Jim the Poet, Family Vacation: Andrea Silenzi Guest Hosts

Tonight on the show, hear what happens when guest host Andrea Silenzi downs two pitchers of beer at Rudy's with her date Jim the Poet. He recently declared himself the leader of the Conceptual Poetry movement, and blogs about it. Plus, come along on her family vacation to South Carolina.

This the third in a series of of fill in programs while happy newlywed Benjamen Walker honeymoons in Europe. Join us next week for a look at endings. Do you have a break up story you'd like me to share? Tweet it @andreasilenzi.

Join TMI for a live remote broadcast on Monday, August 26th from 6-7pm at McNally Jackson Books, 52 Prince Street in NYC.

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Mon. 8/12/13 6:09pm
Cecile:
aw, the pop-up stream is down. I should be heading home anyway.

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Mon. 8/12/13 6:11pm
Matt from Springfield:
@Danne: "...Andrea accepted a date by the poet Jim. But, little did she know that the suitor was actually the evil twin brother of Jim the Poet, who also stands to inherit the Dukedom of Kirkcaldy. BUT, not if the treacherous Earl of Grampian has his say! CAN Andrea keep safe, and not be weirded out by the time their coffee arrives? Stay tuned!..."

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Mon. 8/12/13 6:13pm
Danne D:
I think they are trying to do some sort of switch-over with the pop-up streeams. I noticed a broken link on the "archives calendar" for FXO today but the "most recent archives" on the front page went to a working link.

I'm on the live pop-up stream now. I used the front page.

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Mon. 8/12/13 6:13pm
Danne D:
(Side note off topic to Cecile - are you watching WhoDunnit? I was very sad to see the QuizGuy get bumped off) :( anyway we can tweet about that if you want :)

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Mon. 8/12/13 6:21pm
Andrea:
Oh! It's OK Danne! You guys basically missed me telling Jim where I grew up, about annoying guys I've dated, and a really great story about a time I think a guy faked an orgasm with me... and then asked me to give his friend's band's CD to our music director.

Mon. 8/12/13 6:27pm
northguineahills:
Thank god I don't have to date any more, weird I found my fiance outside of NYC, and NY state, and the US. (at least it was the same continent).

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Mon. 8/12/13 6:27pm
Danne D:
Thx Matt. My polyglot interests I think get in my own way most of the time. Seems like folks are able to zone in on the non-appealing thing. Favorite along those lines was the e-date that turned up their nose at NASCAR but mentioned the time she went to a polo match and they tamp down the field with their shoes between chukkers. Wearing fancy clothes and stomping on shit, okay :)

That's more than enough sharing on my part, TBH.

@Andrea I'm not really qualified to judge good dates to be honest. It's what you think that matters anyway :)

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Mon. 8/12/13 6:28pm
Danne D:
@ngh a lot of replies to me online seem to be outside of NJ and the US and are based in Eastern Europe, like the Ukraine...

Mon. 8/12/13 6:30pm
northguineahills:
I got lucky, I friended a friend of a friend on myspace 7 years ago, and I ended up djing in Monterrey, Mexico, convinced her to visit me in nyc, and later to go to grad school in NYC.

Mon. 8/12/13 6:31pm
northguineahills:
I think Colbert actually did Kenny G's book, but his character made him play the devils advocate and the audience just worship whatever his character says.

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Mon. 8/12/13 6:32pm
Andrea:
That's right about Kenny G on Colbert. Jim also has a mini-satire of Kenny G going on his tumblr right now.... it reads as very bitter to me though: conceptualpoetry.tumblr.com

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Mon. 8/12/13 6:32pm
Andrew Waterloo:
I am going through very dry period in terms of meeting people. Wish I was better at taking it to another level back then.

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Mon. 8/12/13 6:34pm
Ike:
I agree that you don't need to give everybody a chance. I sure don't.

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Mon. 8/12/13 6:35pm
Andrew Waterloo:
I find Colbert is too much about his character now a days. He used to get a lot more out of an interview than the same jokes about his ego over and over again.

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Mon. 8/12/13 6:38pm
Ike:
I think Colbert's show is still brilliant despite some repetition in jokes about his character's ego.

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Mon. 8/12/13 6:39pm
Danne D:
(This part of the date is a rerun of many a date I've been on)

Mon. 8/12/13 6:39pm
northguineahills:
I've hooked up w/ many of my female friends (years ago), and I'm still friends w/ most of them, and I've been in a monogamous relationship for over 6 years. When you meet good, honest, intelligent, and talented people, it pays to make the friendship work.

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Mon. 8/12/13 6:55pm
Danne D:
I imagine your dad having a younger 2nd wife, presumably closer in age to you, probably didn't do Jim the Poet any favorites. I could be totally off base with this thought.

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Mon. 8/12/13 7:00pm
Andrew Waterloo:
I used to have the same issue going home and visiting my family. My brother actually came to visit the day I got home this year and didn't even say hello to me. Just got some free food and left.